President Muhammadu Buhari has advised the All Progressives Congress lawmakers in the National Assembly to accept the supremacy of their party the interest of democracy and the country.

In his opening remarks at the ongoing meeting of National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress, Buhari advised the lawmakers to put their personal interests aside, and do the bidding of the party.

The NEC meeting is attended by the leaders of the party as well as the National Assembly leaders.

Buhari was quoted to have said:

“APC has won the battle and lost the war which is a paradox of democracy and we shall see how we shall manage it. How do we manage it? We move forward.

I have already appealed to you through the chairman, the leadership of the party, through the governors, through our lawmakers and the APC must not disappoint its constituency, the nation.

We have had to convince our ‎individual constituencies that we are worthy of sacrifices they had made in staying awake days and nights, travelling all over the country and making sure the party emerged victorious.

What subsequently happened is human and as human beings, we are not perfect but let our collective actions prove that we’ve won the election, the battle, and we will eventually win the war.

Whoever wants to run for any elected office as a Nigerian must have a platform and that platform is the political party, hence the superiority of the party because that is our platform.”

Speaking further, the President shared the story of the party from its formative stage when other parties came together to form APC.

He said:

“I am going through all these (stories) because not all of us here participated in this and for you to reflect and thank the leadership of the party at various stages for going through all these which wasn’t easy.

But God in his infinite mercies has paid us by giving us success, let us not throw this success to the wind. Let us as members of APC, ‎no matter our personal differences, get together and meet the mandate given to us by this country.

This is my personal appeal and, in the name of God, whatever your personal interest is‎ and ambition, please keep it close to your heart and in your pocket. Let APC work and let this system work and let us have a government that will earn the respect of our constituencies. I appeal to you to please continue working together and please accept the superiority of the party because I respect the superiority of the party.”

Kolapo Olapoju